Jamaican Place Names

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Ann, it was more commonly called Chareira. Samphire Island, now known as Tower Isle. Now called the Sambre. Frosts whence, perhaps corruptly, Yallahs the high white cliffs having the appearance of a frosty covering. Perhaps from Luzida; gay, fine or from Lluvias rains? Lluidas Vale is in St.

Martha Brea Village and river are in Trelawny. Bog Walk is supposed to be the Spanish Boca de Agua, for which there is no early authority. The old English name was Sixteen Mile Walk and the Walk of Bog Walk must have been suggested by the older Spanish name which may have been bogua and the same name as Bogue. I hope that helped.

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Nov 07, tema by: Nov 04, senorita me by: Anonymous Este tema muestra los lugares en jamaica que todavia tiene nombre en espanol. May 21, about the Spaniards by: Anonymous What are some of the contribution made by the Spanish in the development to Jamaica. And names of some of the plains in jamaica by the Spaniards besides from st. Jago de la vaga. Apr 14, soo helpful by: Jan 17, homework by: Anonymous thank you this help me alot. Nov 30, thanks by: Sep 07, great help by: Niguel I got a homework to find places with spanish names and their meanings and this helped me extremely well.

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New river Site of a Spanish battle now an archaelogical site in St. The high plateau in Manchester named after a Spanish colonial official. But, there is also the notion that it was named after Montego Salamanca who was a colonist. Galina Point is found in St. Mary and has its origins in what the Spanish called Gallina Punta.

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Liguanea is located in St. It comes from the Spanish predecessor, Hato de Liguane and was also once called Lia- with-guana. Lluidas Vale is in the parish of St. Catherine and is derived from what the Spanish words luzida happy or fine or lluvias rains. Bog walk is located in the parish of St. Lacovia , the former and also first capital of St. Elizabeth, is derived from the Spanish place name La Caoban. Magotty is found in St. Elizabeth; however, there have been other places with this name.

Spanish Names of Places in Jamaica

It is believed that it comes from the Spanish word Magote, which means bundle or heap in English. Cabaritta Punta is located in the parish of Westmoreland. It is a Spanish place name which is equivalent to kid or goat point in English.

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Place Names of St. Place Names of Westmoreland. Names with a Spanish Origin. Place Names of Hanover. Place Names of Trelawny. Place Names of Clarendon. Place Names of Portland. Place Names of Manchester. Sometimes names are not what they seem. Place Names of Jamaica. The University of the West Indies, Ian Randle Publishers, Institute of Jamaica, University of the West Indies Press, Sojourners in the Sun: Scottish migrants in Jamaica and the Chesapeake, Cornell University Press, Pieces of the Past: Aberdeen , in the parish of St.

Place Names in Jamaica

Elizabeth, was so named by Alexander Forbes, a Scotsman, after the area of Scotland from which he came. He erected a great house there. The estate in time was sold, and the town which was established in that area took the name. Aberdeen is situated between Appleton sugar estate and the Cockpit Country. Auchenbreck , in Westmoreland, was so named by Hon. John Campbell, a member of the branch of the ancient and highly regarded Scottish clan of Auchenbreck in Scotland.

Caledonia in Mandeville, Manchester, was a large tract of land owned in the 19th century by Robert Crawford of Scotland. Sixty acres of this land became the town of Mandeville. There is a Caledonia Avenue in Kingston. Clydesdale in Portland was owned in the 19th century by Colonel MacClaverty. It is on the River Clyde, as is Clysedale in Scotland. This Jamaican river supplied the power for working the huge waterwheel at the coffee works of this estate.

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Dalvey , in St. Thomas, was a property first owned by Sir Alexander Grant in It is now a village. This is an original Scottish place name. Dunkeld in St Mary, Dundee in St. Elizabeth, Dunisane in St. Andrew and Dumbarton in the hills of Portland are originally from Perth, Scotland, and once constituted a large coffee property first known as Gale Mountain. It once was owned by Thomas Turpin in the 18th century.

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Elderslie , in St. Elizabeth, was originally a Scottish place name. This village in the hills of St. Elizabeth is near the entrance of Cockpit County. Mount Vernon , in St. Thomas, may have been so called as a tribute to Admiral Edward Vernon, in celebration of his naval service to the British in the Caribbean- notably his defeat of the Spanish at Port Bello in Moy Hall , found in St. Thomas and Hanover in St. George Taylor of Derby, England.

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There is also a Moy Hall in Scotland. Papine , in St. Andrew was owned from by Colonel Alexander Grant of Banffshire, Scotland and named after a village there. It was while he was in the Mill of Papine in Scotland that he became heir to this estate and transferred the name to Jamaica.

Stewarton can be found in Trelawny and in Portland and this name comes from Ayr in Scotland. Stirling Castle in St. Archdeacon Ramson was in charge of the church and school. In when George Vassal Calder purchased this property, he named it Sterling. Andrew was named after its first owner, John Stirling. There is also a Sterling Castle in Sterling, Scotland. Tulloch , in St. James, was first known as Tulloch Castle and was named after John Tulloch of Ross, Scotland, who owned it from to Place — Names of Jamaica.

Dictionary of Place — Names in Jamaica. Carrickfoyle near Granville in Trelawny is the name of a place in Ireland. Charlemont is found in St. There is a Charlemont in Armagh in Northern Ireland. Cherry Gardens in St. Andrew, at the foot of the hills north of Kingston, was owned in the 19th century by Mr. Joseph Gordon of Scotland, who had come to Jamaica as attorney for a number of absentee-owned sugar estates, and later purchased several of them.

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